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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	21,889	651

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.